The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-02 00:00:00

of lihic 0 -Ey MARKET. AND C°ldriteßClAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Ll T e, ll :4 l° t li h e r Y o Market continues to be adversely in ugh the uncertainty with which the !tars is surrounded. The managers of the public an d private discount establishments are, therefore, ry they eh war . ; their proceedin gs , an d th e p ru d en c e ths y n play in th e i r operations has tended to limit fo e a'ail4 ble su r ace pplies of th e mar k et . Th e enqu i ry Eieh,ciaitoodation continues rather active, and as e ; l Per cent. is charged for all descriptions of mer ite,,l:e Paper, a very large proportion of the corn -4'4'41 classes seek assistance from the directors of 6 % ak of England. flin her sum of £lO,OOO in bar gold was taken irate Bank yesterday. Ip• e Bank of London has arrived from New York ltu £62,025. Th e committee of the Stock Exchange have ap roint,l„ for a special settlement in the Citileiores7;iteh:th followingint companies, viz. the Panul -1,04„ ° PPer C ompany (Limited), the Canadian atld In vestment Company (Limited), and the , (Limited L ). o&o, Credit, and Agency Company Da r in at t i rin g the l ast few days business in the foreign io 4e , e . °l coial p ro d uce markets has been exceedingly Prie:lve* Su gars h ave b arely susta i ned former p ub i a, W hile rice has been neglected. At the 841 e 8 of Assam tea late quotations were toff ; 4 ' n ed, while there has been a fair demand for recei,'PPerior descriptions of colonial having 4; 4 full rates. The tallow market has con allder' Va ry dull, and quotations for both present Th°l"ward delivery show a downward tendency. 114:Continental Company for Boatbuilding by tribtiti.narY (T hompson's patents) have made a clis kaiC:6ll at the rate of 10 per cent. out of the de- Ditte -ee ived. from the purchasers of the French , th hi recently disposed of. 14z:11,44-Yearly meeting of the shareholders . of kok1,01.13) Birmingham, and South Staffordshire ri ," 6B held to-day—Mr. Bethel in the chair. the re-Nrt embraced a period of seven months, Illiat ith -eul t of the bank's operations from its este- Prot t e r. The balance sheet exhibited a gross P4 Yra e e n . , £6,90 3 4s. 11d. The nett profit (after ;" ct all salaries and working expenses) l i rop' 0 :1 121 1 14s. 2d., which amount the directors Zel q -e4 aceo t o carry f orward to the profit and loss unt. the d t Two o'CLocK. kr, bTwo Bourse this morning, according to 44 at • Cent. Rentes e te el' 8 telegram, the Three per A quote 66f 05c. Very flat. -4 th e 11444 Aret annual meeting, to-day, of the Cwonas tlored4, Bou t ann ual Corporation, an adjournmen t ffi. eittl eet : i ° enable the directors to complete the o Th e ' e alent of their foreign accounts. th tin - karket for the English Funds closed last d th e ! With a very depressed appearance, an thither e'rnptoins of weakness were percep tib le ,ih) th e t4 h 4bin g, but at the latest moment (two o c oc Itlt 4 '' e et of affair s is a little less gloomy, though rlf)treillelY unfavourable. Consols for transfer a re h 4, 1 1 :. for the account in March, 90/ exactly. been e Slt rit ; hte ee and Reduced Annuities have 90 e i en at ch ‘ ll at quotations, ranging from 89 4 to . 2 • derot:ltler Bills are 10s. to 4s. dis, ; and Indian jti e " r iltB, 103 1; 104 i. Ntlt e : j e very little alteration in the Foreign Ptihi:tbe morning, but general heaviness is per -462 aatl business is dull. Turkish 6 per C en t s, 41. ' 4 4 e 661 ; ditto Consolides, ; Mexican, ° reek, 201 ; Spanish Passive, 311 2- ; 444;44,12i 13 ; Italian, 661 67; and the Con , 11,' 1 4047 a, 47 49. etip,t °Perations in the Railway Share Market ttli t st b een very extensive, but a further decline Zorthe-4 Place in prices. Great Eastern and Great : 4 14: 4 A Stock have declined 55., Lancashire and trighten, and S out h Eastern, atm., North West ern, £l, and Metropoli he 1/4teritti°thißti and colonial lines remain without %an ge. 1:411,4ta41,114 kie eellaneons Shares are also, in sew ( * ) t, l , Le d 2 61-, 4 ' % bad flatter. Imperial Bank . ar IC; 4411 k %44(10nennd Westminster, 784 ; (Then -4411titi44',:leo" . t 4 l , er ,, n - ational Financial, 122 ; and -g prem. (• 10 1 341 , 'lt, Tr pt ~,,11/14,.. aSli .„, ----- a bitt'elat, a'NT F t li UNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. We et ee4C('),,tui°llB°lB is* Ner o a I, :t. ned t F eb '' • 894 90 891 90 `‘Z al t C t. ile43cl .. ..** lk , Per e l i i,_ 44 1 ,:e8, A tit. j ...... ... 891 90 891 901 biQlea, itlaril, 181 1 !. 1894 o 131)14014 Red e x . ... kli at 31.8 , pire ,sti: e ltie e d Se ' e 4 pire , Jan, 1880 — bit ~..r lini s e Tel e ' 4l April, 1885. 14/ B,bitt' o ' , £l,oo g o ra ) , 2Pahr., Aug 1908. r glen 41 •500 " -4 "‘ p Cent. 410 I tti N kzc i st. ZlOO a... ; ............ 4 10 t h l !k Bt ot N G olrt I ' , 41 4,4'10,4200 ttto . 1;10, /L ,, Tlttt... E., last 131... yr 237 5 hl,4o',6kteelttltPer Cent., SECURITIES. tto 4 Per c e •-• ... ' , April 1874 215 Ditto I e tottzt nt, ,1, 1 ,,•, . , bit 4 t er Ceiii• ... ' . 18 70 D, t le 6 fEi ce4 p ., p et. 1 . 8 i i . 8 lO4l ~.t o6p , Leta Per, 4 per --• '43 b Per Jan in r Cent .. _ b b' 'elit tt . NI ' 672 .. II 1 4 0 ure a ' aY• 1876 ..... . -- 109 1 I) it c' 11 4 Per Ct t e , Bo n d s ~ditto .) April 1861 .14d .tl 0 0 4 . er R l ' 0 Aug, 1866 981 tt Ak o, ,vOO ............... ~ ~.4 tio.,IGN ~ ............. 8 die 14 , : t i i tt 9 4 131 4 4 0 4 , 6 p4 l j e l l DS—ONE O'CLOCK. i 414 ecoilii i 0,, ........... ,tt, 6 b Di 4,. t . • °°v ........... 41,1:339-,atiCeni: ...................... tilittt, g.er eedutlBs9 ................ N 4". g e D itto ..) 185i_g: 6 v ....... " , iii , °4/,' , P, 1 8 t lik R h e 63, 45z 1863 • 86 Itt o "Per ; 6 pe r oe ' Paid .. ..... tlt °t N 4 l4 l i lle l eit . ... I . lt .............. -- 14'4 Pt4tre 50r,41,,•,. ................... t tll, 1 # n e ellt iP '''''° . ;a . ~ , , e ,, ~., • .............. 4,4 6 ? p ot . ,14 .. er, t, ................. DO a Per e' ; ent., V ..... .12 Guilders k s uit,„; k s P N er C e e i l i t t . 188 1 8' 0 1 . 4 ,,, t ti t b 9,,ett" 118025 .%.,• tt kle ,<0 . 1094 pt ?sll l ,2k 00_ Paid„ .............. a 4r3itti:lB7e,,l2„,tieereliek;otatidatcied, Warrant per Cent -- b i , t te l'et'Zid 47 1 ........ 't!ttekslt a It, . ~ 182 A ... I tk; 4l 4, 1) 5 „. •. . 10 , ex-Coupona • . "Ili ‘4l ....... Atell6 . " i 't ............ Di tto tpsr cent 4 itto a r ellt • :41 /1 1 1 4 4 e ! 0 (Marem,a — ex i t ana Railway) Ij. %.Ik7llt. • ... 4, 5 41 4 1 kt i a l ' • ... b.t is 4 6 .......... ! 101 l p e '• . Per Cent IVtto , et er r _ e C t l t ',.: ................ 121 11 44 0x 1 1 4111 1 ' 1, (1 .. ' b!tt o ti le liar; -- 1, Itto, 186, 6 p enta (H ectares). . tr it ,, e , a . Per Cen r I litN rl P (f ' • ') Ex. 25f — Di t 5 , Z pe 863\* • ... .. ),tt o Ac eo t e e ' 44 2 is• 311 . .. ..• I) o , iit ti 4 ar o. nt. • • paid _ pm 4 Der t it Nt t'''344.1i•....... — b.ttq 43 zi t. •1 1862 . Ole eke e . o Per Itit . , url„Cent., ,„ khio eor e 4 * .. 14 653 tii k 4 e , eo eAt. ii ...... t, 6. al l I 6, ~; ~. , 't, :t , Per d .... 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I?aYable in Loud •t, t 5 , D e , -• 4i tie ertlfi cate llll tp ti. ` k eee ll e ent r Cent ti, *, 1 861 e 4 . 2.5 f _ IPI4 •.. .. ' 1 . 25 francs, —:. ...... 13'itttto4k1:04e. .. ........ ' ' ..... TYPO O'CLOCK. OOCLOCK. ki,, llll t .... ............... 90 ......... .... ............... SO ........... 901 BEARE MARKETS.---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOu&S. Share Railways. raid. ; Closing Business I , Price. done. Bir., IVol., and Str. Val. al Blythe and Tyne. liost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co al Bristol and Exeter 10( Caledonian l O, Cork and Bandon al' Cornwall al 8 84 SI 8i )0 B , - f 6. n 120 121 85 4i 1191 20 7 7i Do A A a L'ets no di \ B till 6p c.p an.has a] been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. l al Dun.,Pertli,dz Ab. Junc. al Edinburgh & Glasgow. lot Glasg. and S. Western. 101 Great Eastern, Ord. stk 10 1 Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnolian at 104 GreatNorthot Scotland 10( Great Northern lOl Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Irelano 10( Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock 101 Lancashire Yorkshire 10( London and 131ackwall 10( Lon., Bright.A S. Coast 10( Lon., Chat., and Dover 10( 'Lon. Az North Western 101 Lon. it So , .th Western 10( Man., Shef., dz Lincoln. 10( Maryport and Carlisle. all Do = shares.. al Metropolitan al Midland 37 39 16 17 96 97 106 108 49 50 ;0 46 48 )0 7f 8} 0 128 $29 O 134 136 O 134 136 O 97 99 0 64i 65 101 tIO!, 70 72 103 104 40 42 I(6k 1076 102 t Ic3i 501 51 ii 99 101 10 128} 129 4.0 If Ii , 10 98 100 Do New Do Binning. & Derby It !aid. Gt. W. of Ireland a Do. a shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee 10 Nth. Eastern—Berwicr" 10 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.1 Do Leeds lO Do York Do 10 , North London 10, 52 63 25 t 6 103 103. 59 60 904 91i L 25 130 Do New North Staffordshire .. a, N. and S. W. Junotion al Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook 10 Do Scot. Mid. stock lO Shrews. and Welchpooi al Shropshire Union 10 South Devon lOl South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 10] stanies,Wok.,andWok. al 1 2 p 1 77 79 1 11 114 ' 0 123 126 0 43 45 0 98 100 11 - - )0 53 64 10 33 Si lo Hi 115 98 100 11 9 10i H 88 39 7 B [7 94 8 10i p i p io 16J *€s 8 51 5f p 3 3 Si p' . I 20 Stockton & Darlington a, Do 1 Do New, ltiOG Taff Va1e............., Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath 65 90 170 175 Victoria sta. and Pim. Waterford ,t Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R. 100 West Midland -Oxford 100 Do Newport 100 Do Hereford 100 22 25 ,SIONS. Closing Prioe. ,11 I 59 dl 100 I 102 IC4 8!6 1 p I; 7i 6 1 6 p f 8 9 Ki , no 10 ico , 0 104 , 0 102 4 IPI rt, 19i 20 1 11 73 15 11 ' 58 lit 66 68 11 _ 49 55 1 60 52 I 33 %2 1 26 28 _1 20 C 4 )0 103 105 ,2 I 1, )0 102 104 11 94 10 L 8 11 100 11 92 94 II 85 87 2 )0 101 303 )0 97 99 )0 Y 2 96 2 -- - ll i5B 60 Li - - .1 3 6 00 82 84 00 102 104 00 102 104 2 k 3p all 102 104 00 lo 198 100 BRITISH POSSE Railways Pe _Want() &St Lawrenct a] Bom.,Baroda(t.Cent Ind 1 , Gu. 5 per oent.. Do. New . ...... 1 Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laxe Huron al Do. Prefersnce al Buffalo,Brant,&Godricl, _ 10( 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187. 101 Do. do. June 1, 18 - A 101 Clcutta.izS.Eastn.(l,ll,, 101 Cape Town Dock Scrii 101 Flastn. Bengal gu. 6p. c 10 East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 10 , Do. do. G Ext 11 Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada tui Do. Ist Pref. Bonds al Do. do. deferred.- a' Do. Fret. 2d Bonds., a. Do. do. deferred...... a] Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... a] Do. do. deferred...... a] Do. 4th Pref. stock... a] Do. do. deferred.. 7... al Gt.lndlarenln.gua.sp.o ith Do. New gua. sp. 0... 1; Do. January, 1852 1 Gt. South.of (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 10 , Gt. W. of Canada Share al Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. al Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.... al 'lndian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. 101 Do. 41 p. o. Extension 101 De. 4A d 0........ 101 Do. Fifth Extension. - Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. • 10 , Melb. & Hobson's Bay. al Do. 7p. c. nortg. Bds. al Newßrunnvick t Canda Class A and B. al N.lll.C'daB pc:lst bds 1 &bade ) ( 1 Do. Delhi I ' 1 Do. do z • • Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ , 1 Do. indus.St. Flo.) 'OLONIAL GOVER: L.n.Gov. o p.c.J a &J ul) 1877-81 ..-........ 10 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 10 , Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept. 10, Do. I p. o. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock 10 , Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1870 101 Do.Ap Oct& 1880 101 Do. 1890 101 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10( Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10( Mauritius 6 per cent .. 10( Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 10( N.l3.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July !0( Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 101 N. S.W. G ov. 6 p c.,18,1t 101 Du. sp. c.,lBti to laf 10( Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 10( ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 10( Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 • lOl Queensland Gcv. 6 13. a ill S. Aus G6p.c.1878.&up.. 10 Vio.Gov. 6 p.a Ja.&July IC Da io 60.0. BRITISH Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 t.;hirord Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) 31 East Clogau Gold Ltd 5: East Caradon ...... 2.1 , East Carn Brea... 3.4 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) ti jG reat South Tolgus 1: 'U. Wheal Vor (llelston, 4( Grenville .. Herc.<l's-Foot ~,„8.7 tungsten Downs 4. 1, Lady Bertha Margaret Wily Lelaut, M ark e Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs 2; N. WWI Basset (Illo4an; 3.1 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.1 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 1; 'S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — I S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.1 Stray Park 30.1 famar Silv.& Lead Min 4, fin Croft West Basset (Illogan) 1! W Ct radon (Liskeard) 5 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller(Redruth) 11 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0 ViThealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann ;Lien ) 8 Wheal @eton . . 51 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 Wheal Union 3.' t 3.14. 6.4.0 P. 16.41 !100 102 4(2' 104 1102 IC4 (10 82 )0 90 92 )0 106 107 )0 109 111 10 109 111 10 107 109 10 110 112 K:1 103 106 10 147 109 )0 iOl 103 ia 99 100 )0 99 10J 99 100 )0 107 109 LO 105 108 110 U 94 NES. 3id 84 394 1 570 680 10 674 70 is. id par ,4.6 27 28 4.0 7 74 9.0 5 04 .81 9 11 ,7s 44 5 0 154 164 6.t 5 54 12 66 38 18.0 44 6 f) 17 19 3.0 64 7 14 d 9! 80 9 240 2 1.0 24 21 1.9 5 54 .6.71 44 46 .4 1 425 435 18.9 67} 62i 17.6 28 30 bi k 9 114 204 11 12 i 54 56 190 200 5* 80 85 .0 3 i 37 0.6 - - .0.8 if 2 1 13i 14i 160 170 25 26 3 Si PREFERENCEPHARES. Great Western Orig. 41 per cent. pf., 98 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 1151 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock,: — Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 136} Si PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern, 5 I FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Inn.) gua. 7 per cent. 174 Recite and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent.,ll7i San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 8 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lira.. S St. John del Itey (lira.), 52 United Mexican (lim`„ 6i Yudanamutana of S. Australia (11m.), 22 JOIN T-STOCK, BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon aan and Liverpool (11m.) x 45/ Ditto, new, 2 0 4 Bank of Egypt, 272 City, 109 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10i Imperial Bank (Um.), 26i 4 Imperial Ottoman, 17i y , London Bank of Scot i iatid, lira., 7i London Chartere'', Bank of Australia, 26 London and County, 67 London J , Lnt Stock, 37 6} Londor. and South American, Rm., 8j Lon ;on and Westminster, 784 N s :,tional Provincial of England. Ditto, new, Ditto, ditto, 82 Oriental Bank Corporation, 59 81 92 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (1im.1,162 Union of Ireland (lim.), 19i Union of London, 122 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, Ditto, pref., 112 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 112 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 4 Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of Lonaon, 11m., 61 k Hudson's Bay, 14 17 International Financial Society, 111 1 121 Joint • stock Discount, Urn., 61 6 1 London Financial Association, lim., 251 5 National Discount Company, Um., ii National Steam Navigation, lim., 4 North British and Mercantile Insurance, Um., 201 k Royal Mail steam, 791 9 Scottish Australian Investment, lira., 143 Universal Marine (insurance) Urn., 511 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mule pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.22 k per £1 sterling, On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 I; s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appeals that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London By advices fromllamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.4 k per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about the same price in London and Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 166 to 1661 per cent., and the premium on gold is 514 per cent. At these rates there is a profit o* the importation of gold from the United States, 102} 2} MENT SECURITIES. 1013 • A citor-- t i Ontt Uttriltar Tomley's Case before Parliament. (PROM A. CORRESPONDENT.) As Parliattent is now to meet, and Townley's case will be brought before the House of Commons, it is as well in order to pronote the great ends of justice, to summarise the chief points. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 1. The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Hohenlohe attended Divine service at Whippingham Church yesterday. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. Ist. As to he contention that the 3 and 4 Vic., cap. 54, did not rends' it obligatory upon the Home Secretary to arrest the course of justice, butt giving him a discretion ary power to do so, if it should prove, upon his looking into the facts and circumstances to be reasonable and expedient• 21. As to the contention that the certificate on which the warrant for the removal of Townley to a lunatic asylum was granted waa invalid, and consequently the warrant for the removal was illegal, null, and void, ab 3d. As to the proper course now to be taken by the Government. First. With reference to the newly discovered powers given by the act cf 1840. The words of the first section are that it any person in prison, except under civil process, shall "appear to be insane, it shall be lawful for two justices of the peace of the county, city, borough, or place where such person is imprisoned, to inquire, with the aid of two physicians. , or surgeons, as to the insanity of such person, and if it shall be duly certified by such justices and such physicians or surgeons that such person is insane, it shall be lawful for one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, upon receipt of such certificate, to direct by war rant under his hand that such person shall be removed to such county lunatic asylum or other proper receptacle for insane persons as the said Secretary of State may judge proper to appoint." Now if the words, "it shall be lawful" for the Secretary of State to remove Townley to a lunatic asylum, are to be construed as absolute and compulsory, instead of merely giving him a discretionary power, a num ber of gross and glaring absurdities will necessarily follow by inevitable logical sequence. First, it these words "it shall be lawful" mean, not what they say, but what they do not say, namely, that the Home Secretary " shall, whether he sees good and valid reasons or not, remove the alleged lunatic to an asylum," the direct consequence is that the intention of the Legislature and the meaning of the act is to give a coupl a of country magistrates and a couple of country doctors, power to rescue any criminal they choose from the hands of justice. The act applies alike to all persons in prison for anything whatever except under process in a civil action, from murder down to a mere misdemeanour. Is it possible that this can be the intention of the Legis ture and the meaning of the statute ? Every lawyer and every layman of common sense must answer this inter rogation with an emphatio negative. The Home Secre tary ought to have ascertained that the facts of the case really supported the certificate of insanity given by these country doctors and country magistrates. Another absurdity that follows from the construction that the words "it shall be lawful," are compulsory and imperative, instead of dis cretionary and optional, is, that if this is so with regard to the Secretary of State, it must be equally so where the same words are used in the same sentence with regard to any two magistrates, and any two physicians or surgeons in the country. The act, as we have seen, says, that "if any prisoner shall appear to be insane, it shall be lawful fur any two justices, with the aid of two physicians, to inquire into and certify his insanity." Therefore, if the words " it shall be lawful" in this first section of the act are to be construed as peremptory and leaving no discretion, the absurdity will follow that it is obligatory upon every magistrate in the country to be for ever inquiring into the mental state cf every prisoner in his county, city, borough or place ;" and also obligatory upon every physician in the country to be for ever inquiring into the mental state of every prisoner in the country, there being no restriction in his case to his own "county, city, borough, or place," to the end that they may certify insanity where it is found to be the mental state of the subject of their inquiry. This absurdity, monstrous as it is, is not in the least more monstrous than the absurdity of supposing that a pair of country doctors and a pair of country magistrates were intended by the legislature to be invested with power to set aside the ver dict of a jury and the sentence of a superior judge, after a solemn trial, and that by means of a simple certificate given after a secret inquiry, which is of such omnipotence that it is to compel the Crown itself through its organ the Home office, to rescue a wilful murderer, notoriously. not mad at all, from the punishment which the law has ordained for the safety of society and the preservation of life and pro perty from murderers and robbers. Secondly, as to the certificate. As this matter stands at present, it seems that some think the certificates are impeachable upon various grounds. One of the persons who signed appears to have thought that he was only signing a statement of his own opinion, and did not know the force of the document to which he appended his name. It also appears the certi, ficate on which the Home-office acted was not given and dated until after the warrant purporting to be founded upon it was issued. But these matters will, no doubt, be made clearer when the discussion comes on in Parliament. There is another point, however, connected with the certificates of more importance still. It is that the Home Secretary does not appear to have thought it worth while to enquire into their validity, or the validity of the grounds on which they were given. The report of the Lunacy Com missioners affords some insight into the grounds upon which Townley seems to have been con sidered of unsound mind by those whose minds and judgments are so unsound as to see in him any thing else than a perfectly sane, but withal an unusually perverse, revengeful, cruel, bloodthirsty, and wicked man. This combination of bad qualities may constitute eccentri city and an abnormal disposition, in the sense that happily there are few such wretches in the world; but this is not the insanity which exempts from punishment; on the con trary, itis peculiarly in need of punishment to keep such men in order. This brings us to the pretence on w hi c h th e plea of in sanity was set up. It was agreed that Townley is an atheist, a materialist; that he does not believe in God, in a future state of punishment for the wicked; and that he has a con viction that he had a right to Miss Goodwin's life. In other words, he has a right to glut his vengeance, for being re jected by a young woman, by cutting her throat. Then there was the story about some of Townley's freaks and peculiarities. But who is there that has not, at some time or other, shown a disposition to freaks, practical jokes, eccentricities, etc., quite as strange as Town ley's. There are times when everybody is merry and fro licsome, play off all sor t s o f t r icks, and say odd things. and which are peculiar Co themselves, lik e D r . Johnson, the sane ths.inclinedThere ar t o o odd Ways which everybody has, and s ober-minded, intensely phlegm a ti c Dr. Johnson, col lectingothf e or p a o n s g t e s down Fl ee t- s t ree t—a thing peel he could lay his hands dissatisfied. own l i achnd h touching alled:l made him f ee l very uncomfortable an d scrapsl But even if Townley were mad about white hate, or mad upon theology, in company with Epicurus, Hume, Comte, Hegel, and no end of great philosophers in all ages, or mad the law of oteum and a tu bou uin t , l h ik e e t t h h e e or s y lav o e f d p r r i o v p e e r rt s wh a o n fi d rmly believe they have a divine right, under the Bible, to pr o p er t y i n man , as Townley believed he had a property in woman,—what has could not see an d understand the con nect i on between h i s murdering to rder d in o g w: l h is h s i o s oboediwnginreaalnldy the mad i n t h e sense t h a t h e Punishment annexed to that crime by the law ? If he could see and understand elltPunishment being society, by means of restraining people f rom murder,robbery, this, it nh te e nf e h da e erd : was ttoi n sp a rpe fi ivr t ee ns o ,t b j e e r c i m t e, for top u p n r i o s t h e ra c t and the like. 'With reference to the third point, namely, the proper course for the Government now to adopt ..there can be no doubt, that in the mind of any reasonable and benevolent man who understands the law, who desires that human life shall not be exposed to the first ruffian who takes a fancy to destroy it, and whose healthy sympathies are not with the murderer but with the victim. The first section of the Act of 1840, 3 and 4 Vic,, cap. 54, provides that i nsane pr i soners removed to a lunatic asylum by the Home Sec re t ar y' s war rant, shall remain there it until it shall b e d uly certified to one of the principal Secretaries of State, by two physicians or surgeons, that such person has become of sound mind, whereupon the said Secretary is hereby authorised. if such person shall still remain subject N be continued in custody, to give his warrant to the keeper or other person having the care of any such asylum, directing that such person shall be removed back from thence to the prison, or if the imprison ment or custody of such person shall have expired, that he or she shall be discharged." Now, there is no doubt that Townley is perfectly sane, however wayward, wicked, per verse, revengeful, obstinate, and cruel he may have been. He " still remains subject to be continued in custody ;" his " period of imprisonment or custody has not expired." The life of every man, woman, and child in the country is en dangered while Townley is rewarded for a wilful murder of all but unexampled ferocity and brutality, by being com fortably and gratuitously provided for in a lunatic asylum, his Only plea for escape consisting actually in that very ferocity and brutality which renders his crime so appalling. All our lives are jeopardised by this flagrant and outrageous failure of justice. That the course of justice has been wrongly arrested is no reason whatever why so heinous and unnatural a criminal should escape in the end. Society must be protected, lile must not be exposed to ruffians of ho Townley stamp, Fiat justilia mat aclum, THE SITI'4I, LONDON ; TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1864. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Lady in 'Waiting, left Frog more House yesterday afterno3n in a close carriage and pair, and drove through the Long-walk to the equestrian statue of George 111., on Snow-hill, a distance of about three miles, wheu her Royal Highness returned to Frogmore after about an hour's ride. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accom panied by Earl Granville, and attended by the Equerry in Waiting, went out shooting yesterday morning. Earl Granville left Frogmore House yesterday for .own, in order to be present at the Cabinet Council. Major Teesdale, C. 8., arrived yesterday at Frog more House, and has relieved Captain G. H. Grey as Equerry in Waiting on the Prince of Wales. The Countess of Macclesfield has also left Frog wore, having been relieved from her attendance on the Princess of Wales as Lady in Waiting. HER MAJESTY is still in mourning, and Wears her widow's weeds, though the princesses are all out of mourn- ing. THE NEW EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF MEXICO ! —lt is not in March, but about the 25th of February, that the Archduke Maximilian and the Princess Charlotte are expected at Paris, or rather that their Highnesses will be received at the Belgian frontier with the ceremonial due to Sovereigns. During their star, which will be prolonged until the sth or 6th of March, they are to reside at the Tuileries. THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER is expected to arrive in town to-morrow, to dine with the Conservative peers at the Earl of Derby's Parliamentary dinner. The Duke of Newcastle still continues in a deli cate state of health, and by the advice of his medical at tendants his grace has been absent from the recent Cabinet Councils. The Duchess of Hamilton (nee Princess Mary of Baden) and daughter are still residing at Brighton. The duchess and Lady Mary Hamilton are not expected to re turn home before the ensuing month. The Marquis of Blandford, M.P., has arrived in town from Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have enter tained a number of guests during the last fortnight, includ ing the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, Viscount Uffington, the Hon. George Fitzwilliam, Mr. and Lady E. Bruce, Mr. Leslie, Col. Baring and Mrs. Charles Baring, Mr. Johnstone, Colonel Steele, Ito. The earl and countess will arrive in town to-morrow from Deene Park, his lord ship being sufficiently recovered from his late accident in the hunting field to be present at the Earl of Derby's dinner. Lord Abercromby has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Airthrey Castle, Stirling. His lordship has come to town expressly to attend the banquet at Earl Granville's on Wednesday evening. The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey, who was thought to be progressing favourably, was taken seriously unwell last evening, and it is feared that the change is likely to be attended with danger. Viscount Sonthwell and the Hon. Misses South well have left Brown's Hotel for Rome. Lord Richard Grosvenor, M 2., has arrived at Grosvenor House for the meeting of Parliament. Lord and Lady Conyers have left Leamington for Yorkshire. Lord Inchiquin, recently elected an Irish repre sentative peer in the room of Lord Downes, has purchased No. 39, Rutland-gate. His lordship, accompanied by Lady Inchiquin and family, is expected to arrive in town in a few days. Lord and Lady Annaly and family have arrived at their residence in Belgrave-square. AMONGST THE YOUNG DEBUTANTES of this season will be the Lady Marian Loftus, daughter of the late Marquis of Ely. The Marchioness of Ely is one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to her Majesty the Queen. Royal Relationships and Foreign Politics. Mr. Bright, in his recent speech at Birmingham, referred to the complications in foreign politics which arose from our royal marriages. Without prejudging the question how far the action of our Government with reference to foreign states is, or can be, influenced by th 2 family tics of the Sove reign, we may point out some of those connections, some of which are less known than others. The Prince of Wales, as every one knows, is mar ried to the daughter of the King of Denmark, one of the parties to this German contest. His eldest sister, the Princess Royal, married to the Prince Royal of Prussia, one of the parties opposed to the King of Denmark. His second. sister, the Princess Alice, is married to the Prince Louis. of Hesse- Darmstadt, whose mother is a Princess of Prussia, and whose brother is an officer in the Prussian army. These are direct relationships; but there are others scarcely less so with which the public are not so well acquained. Prince Frederick of Augustenburg—the Duke of Augustenburg, as he is generally called here— although that title properly belongs to his father, is a very close connection of our Royal family, and is much better known to the Court than to the people of these realms. It will be remembered that when the mother of Queen Victoria married his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent she was a widow. She was first married, in the year 1803, to the Prince Enrich Charles of Leiningen, who died 4th July, 1814. By this marriage the Duchess of Kent had one son, born 1804, and one daughter, bor❑ 1807, who were consequently half brother and half sister of the Queen. The Queen's half brother, Charles, Prince of Leiningen, died 1856, and was succeeded by his son, Prince Ernest of Lainingen, nephew of the Queen, who is a captain in the Royal Navy of Great Britain. The half sister of the Queen, the Princess Anne Feodorovna of Leiningen, married in 1828 Ernest Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He died in 1860, leaving a widow and five ohildren, the latter nephews and nieces of the Queen. Of these children, the third son, Prince Victor of Flohenlohe, who took the name of " Count de Gleichen" on his marriage with a daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour, is a captain in our Royal Navy. His next sister, the Princes!! Adelaide Victoria of Hohenlohe (born IR,Y,; ) , derick Chri married in 1856 " Frede 'nian Augustus, Prince Hereditary of Sles7;ig - Holstein Sonderbourg - Augustenburg," the Pretender to the sovereignty of the imaginary State of Schleswig-Holstein, who is by his marriage the Queen's nephew. Besides these relationships of our royal family with the contending parties there are others less im mediate. The King Leopold of Belgium is the Queen's uncle. His eldest son and heir, the Duke de Brabant, is married to an Archduchess of Austria, and his daughter, the Princess Charlotte, is married to the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, brother of the Emperor of Austria, another party to the con test. Besides these connections the Duchess of Cam bridge, who was a Princess of Hesse Cassel, is an aunt of the Queen of Denmark, who was also a Princess of Hesse Cassel. Every party to the Dano-Germanic contest may therefore be said to be more or less immediately connected with the royal fe.mily of Great Britain. The Emperor of the French has conferred upon the Comte de Flahault, lately Ambassador of France at this Court, the high dignity of Chancellor of the Legion of Honour. No appointment could be more appropriate. It associates with the second Empire the most illustrious surviving representative of the first, and places at the head of the Order one whose extraordinary career from 1800 to 1815 embraces almost all the principal events of that won derful epoch. His commission as General of Division dates as far back as 1813. MR. LINCOLN is reported to be a mere shadow of what he was a year ago. The cares of office are evidently wearing upon him with fearful effect. Ho is a man who devotes his whole attention, night and day, to his officia duties, allowing himself no relaxation. His friends are alarmed for his continued ill-health, and insist upon his allowing himself more leisure for diversion from the dis tracting thoughts that press upon his brain, It is said that he is only kept alive by his joking, Which is nearly the death of others, who are taken ill when at length they see it, 631 4} 1082 91 102 41 1061 1021 93 71 128} 71 91 3 4k Business done 102 f 31 GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. Last night the new " Anglo-Egyptian Entertain ment," entitled " The Pyramids ; or, Footprints in the Sand," written by Shirley Brooks, Esq., was given for the first time at the Gallery of Illustra tion, by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed and Mr. John Parry. At the commencement we find Mr. and Mrs. Reed, in company with their friend John Parry, in Alexandria, with an intention of " doing" the Pyramids, & &c., the scene representing the reception-room in the house of Signor Quarantine, the consul for hackpanderso and ;he Bicephalons Islands. Just at the in ment of arrival a quarrel springs up between the wedded pair on a very peculiar question—viz., the right way of stewing kidneys, and as to whether mushrooms or truffles should accompany them. The aid of their mutual friend, Mr. Parry, is sought, and he et once sug gests that both should be used; thus the admirer of truffles can please his palate, and leave the mushrooms for those who prefer them. His advice is rejected, and rather than give in Mr. Reed determines to " do" the Egyptian tour quietly by himself, and, accordingly, he takes a fortnight's absence without leave, confiding his better half to the care of his friend. The wife and friend, of course, follow the runaway by " the very next train," and then we have the great scene of the Entertainment, the tent of the Hon. Dangleton Spangledore, in front of the Great Pyramid. We must here diverge a little to compliment the artist, Mr. William Telbin, on the extreme beauty of his painting; the "set" is certainly one of his most triumphant productions, and one that will on every occasion of its display elicit universal approbation. TI) the right of the Pyramid the aforesaid exquisite, Mr. Spangledore (Mr. German Reed), has erected his tent, and furnished it with every luxury, even to a grand pianoforte and an unmistakeable English bulldog. Spangledore, who belongs to that class of voyageurs who have a desi re of travelling all over the world in a feather bed, has for the last three weeks been endeavouring to get himself into a proper state of mind and body to ascend the pyramid, but as yet he shudders at the idea, and prefers doing his " weed" and fondling his dog " Tear'em." Here Mrs. Reed enters as Miss Rose O'Grady, and quite captivates the fortunate owner of the tent. She then gives a racy sketch of the journey from Lon don to Alexandria, via rail and boat, which is cer tainly the best bit of the entertainment. The next visitor to the world's wonder is a certain English M.P., one Mr. Barnabus Boanerges Bradshaw (Mr. John Parry), a political economist, who can see nothing in the much talked of brick mountain; and another very humorous incident is the rehearsal by Mr. Bradshaw of the speech he intends delivering in the "House" on his making a motion to the effect that the British Government recommend his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt to pull down the pyramids and erect baths and wash-houses with the materials. These visitors are followed by the Pacha Suleiman, Arthur Wimbledon (a cadet), and Bobby Bow, represented by Mr. Reed; Archilles, a yoang Greek, Abdallah, an Arab boy, and Mrs. Saiatford Bow, a lady from London, by Mrs. German Reed ; and Signor Morgantino (a magician), Ibrahim (a dragoman), and Muley Ali (a slave merchant), by Mr. John Parry. From the foregoing enumeration it will be seen that the entertainment is rather more dramatic than usual, and we must confess we wish it had not been so. There is a want of that joyous merriment which hitherto has been the distinguish ing feature of Mr. and Mrs. Reed's entertainments, and another great mistake is that having intro- duced a grand piano on the scene it is left entirely untouched either by Mrs. Reed or by John Parry during the whole of the evening. At one time we thought the economist, Mr. Bradshaw, was about to give his opinion upon things in general with a musical accompaniment, but such was not the case, and the disappointment was evidently felt by the audience. The pianoforte, therefore, had better be removed from the scene, for, without it is wanted for some especial purpose, it is a positive absurdity in its present position. Thera is a song for Mr. Reed as the cadet, and another for Mrs. Reed as Mrs. Bow, but they are very ordinary pro- ductions, and certainly not on a par with the musical illustrations given in former entertain ments. We feel certain that both Mr. and Mrs. Reed will at once perceive the Weak places in " The Pyramids," and will set about strengthening and improving the same, more especially as they have the materials ready to hand " cut and dry." As far as the assumption of the characters repre- sented by the clever trio is concerned, nothing could be better—each was a perfect photograph of its original ; but to make them " go," good music is required, and as that most certainly is, as we have already said, easily attainable, we shall regard the representation of last evening in the light of " a grand rehearsal," and look forward eagerly for a new and improved editioa of " The Pyramids." The Gallery was filled in every part by a very brilliant and fashionable company. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market very quiet. Sales, perhaps 2,000 or 3,000 bales. Import, 4,064. Previously, 4,053. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 3s to £1 10s per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—Meagow hay, £3 Os to £4lOl Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 3s to £1 lOs per load. Trade inactive. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4loa Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 3s to £1 lOs per load. A slow trade. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of Assam have closed without any change to record in prices. China descriptions are dull and remain at previous rates. SUGAR.—The market has continued very dull, and owing to the large stocks on hand, prices in some instances have slightly given way. In the refined market uo material alteration can be quoted in values. COFFEE.—There has been a fair inquiry for colonial, and good and fine qualities of plantation and native Ceylon have realised high rates. RlCE.—Only a moderate amount of business has been been recorded in cleaned descriptions, without any material alteration in prices. TALLOW.—The market has continued very inactive con sequent upon the late political disturbances on the Conti nent. P.Y.C. new on the spot is quoted 41s to 41s Gd, and last three months delivery 44s 3d to 44s 61 per cwt. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Feb. 2,—Wind this day at noon—South; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. COWES, Feb. I.—" Wind S.W.—Sailed—Csesar Godeflloy, for Valparaiso. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. I—Giovanni from Trieste. Arrived, Peb. 2—Star, from Seville. Sailed—Sydney Hall, steamer, for Lisbon and Mogador ; Fray Bentos, for Port Nelson ; Mathilda Catherina, for Bergen. Returned damaged, the George Crowshaw, for Calcutta. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored—Progress, from London, for Alexandria ; Gleaner, schooner, from the west, for orders. THE LATE EMINENT SCULPTOR, MR. BEHNES (who breathed his last lately under such melancholy circumstances of almost destitution in the Middlesex Hos pital), in his Busts especially achieved supreme success, and met with fullest recognition and encouragement. It would have been a marvel had he not done so (says a weekly con temporary), for, excepting two or three by Nollekins, he has done the best that England can boast of; and, taking his whole series during middle life, they are the best beyond all exception we have ever had, The Lyndhurst, Follett, Stanley, Bishop of Norwich, Wingfield, Pirie, Gurwood, D' Orsay, Prince George of Cumberland, Prince George of Cambridge, Princess Victoria, and numerous others, show his absolute success in seizing likenesses, and frequently the dominant expression also ; but the Clarkson, Bloomfield, Bishop of London, and the son of the Earl of Munster may be considered the types and highest perfection reached in this department of his art. The Clarkson is so lifelike one almost listens to his breathing ; and, unless one has seen the Bishop of London, it would have seemed an impos sibility that such delicate unmarked features could have been so thoroughly and satisfactorily rendered in sculp ture ; in the child's bust his young soul seems sparkling forth in sprightliness and joy. CENSUS ODDITIES.—Some of the people of Mas sachusetts gave the following account of their occupations : —Jack of all trades, 5 ; misers, 2 ; philanthropists, 2; practical Christian, 1; anything that pays, 2; loafers, 8; poet, 1; retired mechanic, 1; restorationer, 1; ruler, 1 ; wild men of Borneo, 2 ; nothing, a very large number. SIR CHARLES TREVELYAN has knocked himself up by overwork. Ile has been advised to leave Calcutta, and has proceeded on a trip to the north-west to recruit his strength. lie will spend two months at Delhi. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL OF THEATRE THIEVES.—AIfred Hill, charged with picking the pockets of ladies leaving the Princess's Theatre after the day performance of the panto mime, was again brought up by Edwin Coaltrupe, one of the officers of the Detective Department, Scotland-yard, a lady now being attendance to identify the purse and con tents found upon the prisoner. Mrs. Rebecca Laurence, a lady living at Norwood, iden tified the purse and contents, which she missed while leav ing the Princess's Theatre. Mr. 'Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner, who has only been just liberated after undergoing six months' imprisonment for picking a lady's pocket at the Italian Opera, Covent • garden, being then taken into custody by the same after. Ellen Powell, also charged with picking the pockets of ladies at the Princess's Theatre under similar circum stances, was also brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt. Mrs. Renshaw, a lady residing at Haverstock-hill, identified a purse and contents as her property, she having missed it while at the theatre, but being too ill to attend, the prisoner was formally committed for trial. WESTAIINSTER. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE AT A TAVERN.—George Kelley and Richard Brown, two soldiers belonging to the 12th Lancers, were brought before Mr. Arnold, charged with the following outrage at a tavern : Mr. Henry Edward Street, proprietor of the Trevor Tavern, Knightsbridge, said that at a little before 12 o'clock last night the prisoner Kelley came into the bar of the house, and, wi.hout any provocation, interfered with customers there, and endeavoured to pick a quarrel with them. 'Wit ness endeavoured to persuade the defendant to be quiet and go away, but he refused, and immediately struck one of the waiters over the head with his whip, and then attacked complainant with his fist, and struck him several blows on the head. Prisoner Kelley then attempted to get away, but complainant held him in the street, and while he did so he was attacked furiously and much injured, being kicked and beat about by other people, especially some more horse soldiers, one of whom jobbed his spur through his arm. Mr. Street's face was much lacerated and disfigured, and he complained that he was exhausted by the ill-treatment he had received. Robert Tuckwell, a waiter at the Trevor, said that amongst other acts of misconduct of which Kelley was guilty, and which led to the serious disturbance which fol lowed was—that he went up to a young woman who was in company with a man and "hugged" her. Witness spoke to subsequent violence of Kelley. James Jaques, another waiter, also proved his miscon duct. All these witnesses deposed as to the state in which defendant was. They all agreed that he was not sober. Police-constable Watts, 253 B, said he found Mr. Street and the prisoner Kelley struggling, and seeing Mr. Street bleeding from injuries he had received, he took Kelley upon his charge, when Brown came up, got between them, and said he should not be taken. Some soldiers and other people pulled, Kelley one way and witness the other, and he was rescued, but Mr. Street having run in advance stopped Kelley, and witness was approaching him when prisoner holding up the butt end of his riding whip said he would knock him down. As he attempted to take Kelley another constable fortunately arrived at the moment and prevented his carrying his threats out. Andrew Cluxton, 276 B, said that Brown violently as saulted him. He kicked him repeatedly on the legs. Kelley was intoxicated, Brown had not been drinking so freely, and knew well what he was about. Mr. Arnold considered the matter so serious that he de. Glared his intention of sending it for trial. Prisoners were remanded for the depositions to be pre. pared. THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A POLIOE CONSTAELE.—Isaac Oakley, a convicted thitif, better known by the name of " Captain," was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting Alfred Herbert, a police-constable, 210 H. The complainant stated that the prisoners and others were turned out of the Yorkshire Grey publichouse this morning at half-past two o'clock. The prisoner was making a dis turbance, and, on being requested to leave, he made use of very foul language, and said, " I shall not go for you, you —." He touched the prisoner and said, "Now move on, and don't get yourself into trouble." The pri soner made several blows at him, and at last got him down and kicked him on the belly. Some of the prisoner's cam • panions pulled him away, and when he got up he went after him and seized him. The prisoner got away from him and fell against the shutters of a house and hurt himself. The prisoner—Hurt myself, why you beat me black and blue with your staff. My ribs are dreadfully hurt. Herbert said he did not touch the prisoner with his staff. There was not a mark of violence on the prisoner, who aimed kicks at a vital part and they alighted on his belly. He had been in great pain all night. George Walters, 12S 11, saw Herbert and the prisoner engaged in a violent struggle, and assisted in taking Oak ley into custody. Mr. Paget asked if the prisoner was known, to which Police-Sergeant Barnes, 10 H, replied that he was a well known thief, and had been convicted twice or three times. The prisoner was again tried at the last sessions and acquitted. Mr. Paget said the prisoner had committed a very savag assault on the constable, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. A PRACTICAL JOKE. The following is taken from All the Year Round :—The most astonishing horn-player known is Vivier, who, by some inexplicable means, by a multiple pressure of the lips, no doubt, has succeeded in producing nourishes on his in strument with several parts sounding at once. If M. Comettant had not himself heard the artist, in the intimacy of a private tete-a-tete, he would have refused to believe so extraordinary a fact. Vivier (an exception to the usual type of cornists) is no less eccentric as a man than as a musician. His life is a long succession of jokes. He was once crossing the Belgian frontier on his return to France. Whoever has done the same, will have a re collection of the French douaniers (customs officers) probably more lively than agreeable. His luggage con sisted of a couple of trunks, one of which he appeared to attempt to conceal from their prying eyes. Instantly hands were laid on that trunk and the key demanded. " Monsieur," said Vivier, whispering in the douanier's ear and casting an anxious glance around, "do let me pass this trunk without opening it. I assure you it contains nothing subject to duty. " The key," snarled the douanier, "or 1 force the lock." " Monsieur, I entreat you." " Enough, monsieur. The key, I say." " No, not enough. If necessary, I will go down on my knees." " Useless, monsieur. The key ! The key I " "In the flame of Heaven, monsieur I In the name of your beloved wife and your darling children, I conjure you not to open the trunk I For—l swear it on the ashes of my departed aunt—there is nothing in it liable to duty." Of course the look was forced. A dozen douaniers' hands lifted the lid ; and the dozen hands abstained from touching what was inside. For twenty snakes, of various hues and sizes, raised their flat heads and tried to escape. " I told you," said Vivier blandly, " that there was nothing liable to duty. Snakes, thank Heaven, enter France duty free." And after caressing his imported reptiles (he was as fond of serpents as of dogs and cats), he closed the lid of the box, muttering, "These douaniers on the Belgian frontier will never believe what a tra veller tells them. One of these days they will be de voured by wild beasts. That's a matter of certainty." But the most astounding of Vivier's jokes (because it required, to carry it out, months of patience and personal sacrifice) is the trick he played the proprietor of a house in which he occupied apartments. This "proprietaire,'' who would suffer no animals to lodge in his property, had given notice to the cornist that he must get rid of a dog, a cat, and a raven, which happened to be his pets for the time being. Vivier appeared to yield. He bade good by, with con siderable regret, to both his furred and his feathered favourites. Some time afterwards several of the tenants complained to the porter and the landlord of being awak ened in the night and at break of day by a strange sort of moaning which seemed to proceed from Vivier's rooms. This sound, of which no one could give an exact descrip tion, sometimes surprised them by day. An American, who came to the house, told the landlord the noise was like the lowing of buffaloes. "I amperfectly ac• quainted with the buffalo's voice," he said, " having hunted buffaloes in the Rocky Mountains ; and I assure tou you have a buffalo amongst you r tenants." " A buf falo in my house, up four flights of stairs ! you are dream ing," replied the landlord. " The noise is simply the curious sounds which Vivier amuses himself with drawing from his horn." Six months elapsed. At, last the voice of the b uffalo, according to some, the sound of the horn, according to others, be • came intolerable; and the landlord determined to see with his own eyes what really was the truth of the case. He rang at Vivier's door, and was requested by his tenant to walk into the dining room. After the usual compliments, the proprietaire was approaching th e mysterious subject, when a protracted and terrible bellowing was heard in the next room, " Mon L Dieu!" said the landlord, " what have you got there ?" 6, I n my d r awing-room?" asked Vivier, carelessly. " Cer tainly, monsieur ; in your drawing-room. It is a you ng cow , mons ieur." " A young cow in my h ouse ! I nfamous ! I g i ve you warning to quit, monsieur ; an d, you w ill sen d awa y the filthy creature immediately." " Gently, mon sieur ; that's not so easy." thegrown wt n t d o o o w big w i t t h o w consalk d d e o r w e b n l es tdaiiffir T s e , n h a l e a t ' y a s. heifer, removed h h a i which had throu gh never had trusted a soul with his long-cherished secret. Ho had carried the calf to his room, in the dead of the night, when it was only a few days old ; and he had carefully tended it up to the day when his landlord, who would per mit no dog or cat, discovered that his house was inhabited by horned cattle. The Belgian Moniteur announces that the rati fications of the treaty relative to the redemption of the Scheldt dues wero exchanged on the 27th ult. between the Xing of the Belgians and the Sultan. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, FEB. 1. The Journal de Bruxelles, the Catholic organ, announces that M. Rogier has been received by the King, and has had a long conference with his Majesty. M.M. De Theux, and Dechamps, being applied to by tad King, have definitively declined the offer of power under present circumstances. The same paper states the position of the crisis as follows : " MM. Do Brouchere and Pirmez, representa tivesof the L€ft, and commanding a majority, have refused the mission which was offered them. MM. Dechamp andDaybeux have been unable to accept the task of forming a Cabinet, because they did not feel disposed to accept the responsibility of a situation which they had not created, and because they had not a majority, and would therefore have been compelled to dissolve the Chamber, which might still be avoided. Intermediate Ministers were alone possible, owing to the Parliamentary situation, and the state of opinion. These com binations have failed. After M. M Brouckere and Kruez, M. Nothomb, the Belgian Minister at Ber lin, has also refused. MM. Laider and Dubois and M. Thorn have refused. The Conservative right has refused. There remains nothing but the coin. bination of the Prince du Ligne and the retention of the Cabinet which has resigned. The Journal de Bruxelles further announces that M. Rajier has received the grand cordon of the Leopold order. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day,) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) IN RE D. BOUCICALTLT. A dividend meeting was held under the estate of this bankrupt, formerly lessee of the Westminster Theatre. The debts and liabilities amount to £54,704, and the deft. ciency on which appears to be £22,216. There is at present £1,372 in the hands of the official assignee, and £1,500 is expected from the bale of some property at Brompton. Creditors to the amount of about £9,000 proved to-day, and it was resolved that the amount in hand should be forthwith divided. The estate is expected to pay from 2s to 2s 6d in the pound. Mr. C. E. Lewis and Mr. Hackwood appeared in the case s (Before Mr. Registrar Hazlett.) RE CROSSLEY. This bankrupt was described as a merchant of Mincing lane and Old Charlton, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees. The preliminary statement by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles shows debts and liabilities to about £95,000, the greater part of which is covered by consignments on their way from China. Assignees were chosen by a resolution come to to take the case out of court. Messrs. Lawrence and Plews are the solicitors. RE BROTHERS. The bankrupt was described as of Braborne, Kent, Vicar of Braborne, and Rector of Monks Stonor, both in Kent. The debts amount to nearly £1,000; assets not stated ; but the cause of bankruptcy is attributed to payments made to the assignees of the late Royal British Bank, as surety for one James Hammon, for moneys lent to him. No creditors appeared to prove, and no assignee being chosen, Mr. Aldridge will be the solicitor for the official assignee. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Days OLD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) The Court was occupied the whole of the day with the trial of a respectably-dreseed man, named Oppenheim, wh o stands indicted with embezzling various sums of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Wilson, of Whiteehapel. The facts were totally devoid of public interest. The grand jury, in addition to a true bill for murder, already returned against the eight seamen, formerly to the vessel called the Flowery Land, this morning brought in a true bill against the whole of the prisoners for wilfully scuttling the ship. The sentence on the Rev. Mr. Birch had not been passed when we went to press. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, (BY ELECTRIC TELEQRAPII.) HARROW RACES—Tms DAY. £4O HANDICAP PLATE. Flower Safety 1 Reindeer 2 Tiney Fourteen ran, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. There was a very good attendance this afternoon, and betting was carried on with some spirit, especially on the Chester Cup and Derby. For the former 100 to 6 was offered against Anfield, but nothing would induce backers to invest at the price. Blackdown was the lion of the day, and after 1,000 to 40 had been booked about him several times 20 "fifties" were accepted, the like odds being also noted in favour of his stable companion, Accident. Carisbrook and Muezzin were each in force at 25 to 1, and towards the close of business Change, about whom there were some warm in quiries, would have been supported at 33 to 1, to money. Whitethorn, the reputed "cock of the north," was in consi derable demand, 33 to 1 having been taken kindly. 40 to 1. each was offered against Lord Westmoreland's three, with out a response. The Two Thousand was very little touched upon, the few bets quoted below being only to small amounts. Scottish Chief continues to improve his position in the Derby betting, for which he is again first favourite, but al though his followers and retainers all spoke well of him, offers of 10 to 1 would not tempt them to give him any fur ther support ; later on, however, 2,100 to 200 was snatched up and divided between two stanch adherents of " the Chief." Paris was decidedly "fishy," 13 to 1 being freely offered. Coastguard was such a hot favourite that all the 14's to 1 were caught up in no time, and as only 13 to 1 was afterwards obtainable the commission in his favour could not be executed. The two " dark" cracks, Forager and Blair Athol,were somewhat mysterious, 1,000 to 55, or a fraction over 18 to 1, being accepted about Lord St. Vincent's horse while the northern champion was friendless at 18 to 1. His torian was firm at his previously-quoted price-23 to 1 (taken). The retrogression of Paris was followed by the advance of his stable companion, Idler, who was backed in quarters where something is usually known at 30 to 1 be e f c e l r o e s e in pi g ng pr u i p ce t s o :—.. hiln, A (ta c k k e w n or fr th ee i l s y. 1,000 u ) nable to top 3 a o ss is fo t r h t e p he o p ns a rese s n b t tor w u h m il o e v h e i r s which le ascomwpilalnbioans,eeCnobpyenthhaegeßnu,wsoeinemedsltisot CITY AND SUBURBAN. 1000 to 30 agst Lord Uxbridge's Liston, 4 yrs, Gtt 41b (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 6to 1 agst Count F. de Lagrange's Fiile de l'Air (offered) 11 to 2 agst Mr. T en B roec k' s Paris (taken) 6to 1 apt Captain J o h n White's Cambuscan (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Scottish Chief (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Claremont (taken) 100 to 40 agst Fille de l'Air and Paris coupled (takenl CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Mr. Greville's Anfield (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. R. Drewitt's Blisckdown (taken) 20 , to 1 agst M r. R . D rewitt ' s Acc id ent (t a k en ) 25 to 1 agst Mr, E. Hall's Carisbrook (taken) 25 to 1 agat Mr. W. Day's Muezzin (taken) 25 to 1 agat Mr. Whittaker's Change (offered—, take 33 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Jackson's Whitethorn (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lord Uxbridge's Durham (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. R. Drewitt's Greenland (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lord Westmoreland's Tattoo (offered) 40 to 1 agst Lord Westmoreland's Marigold (offered) 40 to 1 agst Lord Westmoreland's Merry Hart (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Barber's Donne Canne (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Scottish Chief (offered) 13 to 1 agst Mr. Ten Broeck's Paris (offered) 13 to 1 agst Mr. Naylor's Coastguard (offered) 15 to 1 agst Captain John White's Cambuscan (offered) 1000 to 55 agst Lord St. Vincent's Forager (taken) 18 to 1 agst Mr. I'Anson's Blair Athol (taken) 23 to 1 agst Sir F. Johnstone's Historian (taken) 28 to 1 agst Mr. Higgins's Coup d'Etat (taken) 28 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Claremont (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ten Broeck's Idler (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Mr. H, Hill's Ackworth (tak , en) 50 to 1 agst Mr. G. Bryan's Horse Marine (taken) 4000 to 70 agst Mr. Bowes's Baragah (taken) en) 5000 to 75 agst Mr. W. S. S. Crawinrd BalOrnOCk (taken) o s p t e l: n a h fl a o g v e i n o ( a t k a o k n e ) n) 20003000 to to 2 3 , 5 5 oagg:tt Load sg Mr. Hill's 1000 to 10 agst C ount Batthyany s Midnight M a " (taken) 1003 to 5 agst Mr. Dowes's War Dance (offered) ih art WC - Sk 1 stock stock stock dock stook stock stock stock stock stock, stock g , ook 1031 91 90 108 1091 109 94 i 110 9i